Antiquity Quotes

“The reason first why we do admire those things which are greatest, and second those things which are ancientest, is because the one are least distant from the infinite substance, the other from the infinite continuance, of God.”

“The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam.”

“The ancient world... was and remains a world of cities.”

“The city was for the ancient world what the nation and the state are for us - its highest expression, the object of its deepest feelings of loyalty and devotion.”